Apocalipse de Abraão 2

1E fez outros cinco deuses, entregou-os a mim [e] ordenou-me que os vendesse do lado de fora, na rua da cidade.

1And he made five other gods, and gave them to me [and] commanded me to sell them outside in the street of the town.

2Então selei o jumento de meu pai, coloquei-os sobre ele e fui em direção à hospedaria para vendê-los.

2And I saddled my father's ass, and placed them upon it, and went towards the inn to sell them.

3E eis que mercadores de Fandana, na Síria, viajavam com camelos rumo ao Egito para comerciar.

3And lo! merchants from Fandana in Syria were travelling with camels going to Egypt, to trade.

4E falei com eles.

4And I spoke with them.

5Um dos camelos gemeu, e o jumento se assustou, saltou para o lado e derrubou os deuses; três deles se despedaçaram, e dois se conservaram.

5And one of their camels uttered a groan, and the ass took fright and sprang away and upset the gods; and three of them were smashed, and two were preserved.

6E aconteceu que, quando os sírios viram que eu tinha deuses, disseram-me: "Por que não nos disseste [que tinhas deuses?

6And it came to pass, when the Syrians saw that I had gods, they said to me: "Why didst thou not tell us [that thou hadst gods?

7Então nós os teríamos comprado] antes que o jumento ouvisse o som do camelo, e eles não teriam sido perdidos.

7Then we would have bought them] before the ass heard the sound of the camel, and they would not have been lost.

8Dá-nos, de todo modo, os deuses que restaram, e te daremos o preço justo pelos deuses quebrados e também pelos que foram preservados."

8Give us, at any rate, the gods that remain, and we will give thee the proper price for the broken gods, also for the gods that have been preserved."

9Pois eu me preocupava, em meu coração, com o modo de levar a meu pai o preço da venda; e lancei os três quebrados nas águas do rio Gur, que havia naquele lugar; eles afundaram nas profundezas, e nada mais restou deles.

9For I was concerned in my heart as to how I could bring to my father the purchase-price; and the three broken ones I cast into the water of the river Gur, which was at that place, and they sank into the depths, and there was nothing more of them.